Nov. 19, 2009: Students Occupy New York Streets

November 19, 2009: In solidarity with student occupations in California and around the world, students from NYU and the New School took to the streets. They held a dance party in Union Square Park, marched through the middle of a New School building, and were finally broken up by the police, with one violent arrest. The protesters awaited the arrestee's release by holding a dance party outside of the precinct where he was taken.

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[BlakeWallington]

ugh. This really makes y'all look like a bunch of obnoxious jack asses.

[DesignsThatMatter]

WTF. Protests like these give authories the oppurtunity to bring riot gaurds to any future 'peacefull protest'.

I laughed when the protester yelled to the cop, "courtisy, proffesionalism, & respect" after the protesters threw trash cans into the streets blocked public transportation.

Anybody see the irony in that? These protesters did more harm to the image of any future protests in that area than they realize.

Protest Fail

[yankee587]

@MrVortex1111 real clever

[MrVortex1111]

@yankee587 Fuck you buddy

[spamdude060]

American Liberalism at its best.

[spamdude060]

This looks more like a riot than a "peaceful protest". I doubt those kids even got a city permit to do so.

[gaydanzig]

go back to your small towns. nobody here is impressed with your protests.

[JUKIO01]

i learned this from my professor in government class, hes very smart and he knows whats going on. his cousin is actually part of the elites, he is the grandson of a weathy grandfather, its just fuckin crazy when you start getting deeper and deeper into all of this.

[JUKIO01]

america is a capitalistic country, its not really a country, more like a corporation. i dont blame what these people are doing, i admire what the are doing, but honestly, protesting like this, its not going to change shit. the elites are just WAY to powerful, WAY to fucking rich, and trust me, they are not going to let a bunch of yelling protestors bring them down. u cant touch them. the wealthy only make up 10% of the coountry, and they control the 90%(middle class).

[dal2009hd]

Dear brave little anti-capitalist protesters, if you're so committed to negating the private state, why don't you move out of New York where you enjoy all the privileges of being in one? Seriously, go to some smoggy crappy hole where people who share your beliefs run the government? Try protesting there.